THE opening match of the Philippine Super Liga All Filipino Conference was emotional enough, but it got even more intense once Kim Fajardo came out of her shell.

The 22-year-old F2 Logistics playmaker spiced up the game between her team and Cignal when she caught fire late in the game won by the Cargo Movers, 25-12, 23-25, 25-20, 25-11 on Saturday.

The former La Salle captain bucked a soft start with two crowd-pleasing plays, when she won a joust against NCAA best blocker Jeanette Panaga of St. Benilde, before capping her heroics by blocking Mela Tunay, which she highlighted with a stare down to the delight of the jampacked packed San Juan Arena.

But there was no more of Fajardo’s on-court swag moments after a handful of sportswriters caught up with her outside the dugout just after the match.